By: Carona S.B. No. 962
(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2013; March 12, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 962 By: Carona
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.671, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(a) Before an authorized permittee may ship distilled
spirits or wine into the state or sell distilled spirits or wine
within the state, the permittee must register the distilled spirits
or wine with the commission. Except for rare or vintage wine that
is acquired at auction and for which no certificate is available,
the [The] registration application must include a certificate of
label approval issued by the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau for the product. Rare or vintage wine purchased at
auction and registered by the commission under this subsection must
comply with all other provisions of this code, including provisions
regarding the sale, purchase, importation, and distribution of that
wine.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), on [On]
registration of a certificate of label approval issued by the
United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the
commission shall approve the product under this section and issue a
letter to that effect to the permittee. The commission may not
require additional approval for the product unless there is a
change to the label or product that requires reissuance of the
federal certificate of label approval. The commission shall accept
the certificate of label approval as constituting full compliance
with any applicable standards adopted under Section 5.38 regarding
quality, purity, and identity of distilled spirits or wine.
(b-1) The commission may refuse to register a product under
this section if the product violates this code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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